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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.
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Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.
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Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.
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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.
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